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These were all my idea:
1. The Buddha Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of buddhism.
2.
The Tao Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of taoism.
3.
The Gandhi Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the life of, or ispirational writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Please post any questions or comments below, and tell me if you wish to make any of these into award templates, thank you.
Rbpolsen (
talk) 04:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Inspired by this edit, I decided to whip up somethin' on Inkscape as a proposal.
It shall be awarded to those whom other users appreciate for going the extra mile to do something other users would usually skip. Yes, I know the Original Barnstar can be used for this purpose, but it doesn't hurt to specialize one. Reply with Support, Neutral, or however it is Wikipedians do a poll here.
Oh, and credit Floppie for inspiration if this barnstar is passed.
Cheers RageSamurai21655 20:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Can I ask what is the difference between those two? Both contains WikiProject's barnstars and WP:PUA has some other awards. Are these 2 pages sort of overlapping? OhanaUnited 19:12, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Can someone be stripped of a barnstar? Black Harry 17:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I propose there be a barnstar for Admin Coaches. After all, they spend hours tirelessly teaching up-and-coming Wikipedians on how to be constructive and prepare them for (possible) Adminship. I believe they should have a reward for their efforts. -- S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 19:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Just FYI, don't readd the link to the award proposals page and recommend people use it. I have removed it from the barnstar page. IvoShandor 12:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
How about making one barnstar that doesn't carry any specific meaning? So that it would be possible to award someone with your own words. Rhanyeia 07:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I haven't found a better page where to enter this, so here it comes:
Rhanyeia 13:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC) :
The Special Barnstar may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason, when there is no other barnstar which would feel as appropriate.
I like it very much! Rbpolsen ( talk) 04:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone says on this page that barnstars don't have to be proposed anymore. Does that mean I can add this among the General Barnstars, now that I have a complete image and a text? Does it not have to be proposed for that? Rhanyeia 18:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
I encountered a page called Wikipedia:Service awards which seems to be a functional duplicate of this page. I've redirected it here and request all to help in merging content from there to here. -- Tony Sidaway 21:12, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I am going to ask this. When did this become inactive? It still looked active a week ago. Simply south 17:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
There is no a rough proposal (basically, a request for creation) of a biography barnstar at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Biography Barnstar award. Any interested parties (particularly those with graphical abilities) are more than welcome to comment there. John Carter 18:29, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I've just finished designing an Australian Barnstar award. The project community likes it, but there's a problem; It is in very low quality. A member of WP:AUS pointed me towards you so can a skilled graphic designer please help. Thankyou. On behalf of the Wikiproject Australia, Chicken7 04:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
It's a great idea, I think it needs more work though. Rbpolsen ( talk) 04:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
How's this? If you don't like it, I will get rid of it. Rbpolsen ( talk) 05:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'm asking you guys to make a barnstar for WikiProject PlayStation. Now look at the Video Games Barnstar ( Image:BarnstarCVG.png), All I need you to do is replace the game controller to the image: Image:Sixaxis2.jpg, and maybe change the background or something? I'm introducing this barnstar to thank people who have helped on PlayStation-related articles. If you can't make the barnstar, is there someone else you guys can recommend? Thanks. -- Effer AKS 02:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering about this design for a barnstar for Wikipedians who help with the sections about the earth Chaza93 10:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a new proposal for a barnstar, for those who show commitment to the articles on European Soccer/Football, and also one for being Helpful 2 Heritage articles (H2H) Chaza93 16:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
How about this one for good edits to Weather-related articles? Looks kinda like a hurricane
I tried to make my EU contrib's one look sort of like the EU flag Chaza93 17:33, 30 May 2007 (UTC) Here will be all of my designs for Barnstars Chaza93 19:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Here is a medal that i have made that you can just post on someones user page to commemorate their 10,000th edit, watch this space, more coming soon (Bronze, Gold, and Platinum) Chaza93 20:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Have a look at User talk:White Cat/Legend... -- Cat chi? 16:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I want to propose a barnstar for those who contribute significantly to translating articles from other versions' wikipedia. However, there doesn't seem to be an image that represents translation in Wikipedia. I would like to ask for ideas for the design. OhanaUnited 13:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to propose this barnstar for those who contribute significantly to the coverage of legal issues on Wikipedia. -- Regicollis 05:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
How do you create a barnstar? And once you do, how do you register it on Wikipedia? Thanks in advance! Cheers!!! - Zachary crimson wolf 09:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
The Infobox Barnstar | ||
A proposed barnstar for users who improve the quality of many articles by using infoboxes. |
FenderTele Criticise 03:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Neutral Good idea, BUT the barnstar is incredibly out of focus ¢нαzα93 12:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I hope not to be taking this into a too serious view, but I have been pondering about these "barnstars" for a couple days now. User:Swirlex has given himself as many barnstars as he has come across. Now, that just doesn't seem to be in the good nature of things, right? That is, giving himself them. These are meant to be awards given to somebody by a fellow editor for doing a job well done on something - and he's done nothing of the sort (He hasn't even done any contributions on any pages for the related barnstars). I understand that there is really no policy regarding this, but I don't quite like what Swirlex has done, and don't think anybody should do it. If you agree, please do state so, and attempt to tell Swirlex this. He refuses to listen to a thing I say - just check some of his contributions. I've reverted most of them because they are counterproductive, and yet he persists on reverting my reverts. But that's a different matter. ElectricTurahk 00:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
If it helps, Swirlex has only given out one barnstar; to User:Marvelzombies. -- -- Gravitan 22:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
No, seriously, somebody made a barnstar to reward wheel warring, one of the most disruptive things an admin can do on the wiki. Does this strike anyone else as a Really Bad Idea? The star in question is Image:WWDBarnstar.svg, which I've listed on WP:IFD. Comments welcome. >Radiant< 10:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it's meant to be a dubious honor. 24.205.34.217 22:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello all. I've made up an award to give to editors who have accomplished a goal, passed a milestone, or done anything else that deserves a glass raised in salute. I wanted to see what you all thought of it before just posting it. Thanks! — Elipongo ( Talk contribs) 22:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
{{User:Elipongo/Userboxes/Wikitoast}} |
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This is an image that should not be used. The character displayed on this "toast" is the Yellow Kid an infimous cartoon comic strip character used during the American yellow journalism days of 19th century. The character is a racial stereotype that is in part poking fun at immigrants. Especially Asians and Asian Americans which is evident from his yellow appearence and large buck teeth. The character is portrayed as slow-witted and dull. Creating some sore of award using his likeness is simply in bad form. CaptainDude 17:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's a
toast to the
host Of those who edit wiki near and far, To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par". We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose, And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows. A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians! |
Or
Here's a
toast to the
host Of those who edit wiki near and far, To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par". We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose, And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows. A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians! |
I'm one of the users who received the barnstar from Loveandkindness, even though my contributions amount to a mere 20 (excluding talk pages, my user page, special pages and the such). Skimming through the article, I sort of understood this is legit, but I don't really think I have contributed so much (yet). References: [1] [2]. -- badpazzword 12:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Any objections if I sort them into alphabetical order by WikiProject, so it's easier to find the one you're after? Bencherlite 09:19, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
I've created a new type of Barnstar. I know that the picture looks like crap, but I think it would be a good way to tell people thank you after they do something nice. If nobody likes it, I can take it down if somebody tells me about it. WikiTaco 22:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
There's already an image designed to tell people "thank you", it's called the wikithanks (the yellow flower to my left, it's at Wikipedia:Personal user awards). It seems to me that's enough; giving an award when all you want to say is "thank you" seems a bit too much. I don't want to impose though so if you still believe it's a good idea feel free to develop it. Rosa 20:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Dear clever and creative Wikipedians - Wikipedia:WikiProject Cambodia needs your help. We'd like to have a project barnstar (actually two) to give to those misguided editors that provide significant contributions to articles about Cambodia on En WP.
The only problem is - I have no graphic skills and every template I edit goes funny (and must be reverted). The combination of skills required to create a stunning image AND make it successfully appear inside a template is to me like reading and writing Sanskrit - it's a skill I'd love to possess and it won't happen in this lifetime.
Therefore, I'd like to ask for your help. We'd like two slightly different barnstars - one for significant contributions and one for outstanding contributions (perhaps just the first star in gold or something). Are there any kindly graphic and template wizards around who could help out? I could give you... ... um a barnstar? Cheers, Paxse 05:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Try using this medal sort of thing, i used cambodia as the medal, each level, if this one is approoved, will have extra gold "bands"
Thanks you both very much - sorry I've been busy - now what the hell do I do? Six different barnstars perhaps? Paxse 14:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I think this Wikiproject deserves its own barnstar. I mainly work in the Uncat section. That project section itself is very hard considering there are still 10k uncategorized articles out there... Anyways my idea for the design is something like this:
I think this is a good image since I imagine uncategorized articles as paper spread all over the floor and its our job to sort them out in a filing cabinet.
I'm sorry if I can't help with the graphics. If you don't mind can you notify me in my talk page about the development? Thanks.-- Lenticel ( talk) 14:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
OMG! Template:The Working Man's Barnstar has a gender parameter. A Wikipedia registration doesn't require any gender identification, neither do our signatures, userpages or edits. Why and how do we plan to make that piece of gender insensitivity useful? Why not make it just the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar, and settle for it. How does being Working Woman any diffrent from being a Working Man? What a load of bull (sorry about my language language)! Cheers. Aditya( talk • contribs) 14:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the "running man" stick figure on the Template:The Running Man Barnstar, at first glance it resembles a swastika. Can that be changed? Has anyone else thought this or is it just me?-- 70.246.136.60 19:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Based on Image:AFC-Barnstar-2.png. You can use this as a template for new barnstars. Credit: Hersfold for the AFC-Barnstar-2 design. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 18:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Awards
Can I just say that, although I really like RickK and I admire what he did for Wikipedia, I do feel that this barnstar is getting out-of-date. RickK hastn't been the best of anti-vandal fighters, and there are others who have reverted much more vandalism that would be better suited to having their name on this barnstar. For a start, Wimt and CambridgeBayWeather are two of many Wikipedians who have reverted much more vandalism than RickK. Isn't it time for a change? Lra drama 18:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Well i have done one - However the name in the centre is changeable :) Chaza 93 review 19:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
OK so here is another one, i cant get a more focused Barnstar - so how does this look Chaza 9 3 19:10, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see a new barnstar however posess inadequate graphics skill to design it. I would also like community input on this star. I would like to see, along the lines of the Rickk anti vandalism star, a Phaedriel Bomb Diffusal star, for editors who regularly handle the most explosive situations and always manage to find the most delicate way to handle them leaving everybody for the better? Any feedback? -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I brought this up to two relevant wikiprojects as well, but I thought I would add it here to generate the largest amount of feedback. Below is the Coaster Star, for contributions to amusement park, theme park and roller coaster related articles:
The Coaster Star | ||
{{{1}}} |
Free free to add any thoughts, changes or suggestions.
IronGargoyle 18:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Is there a Barnstar that can be awarded to someone for having patients with and helping newbies to wikipedia? I'm new here and have recieved quite a bit of help and patience from some excellent editors Elhector 00:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:Bronzewiki 2.png|thumb|Reason ~~~~]]
Chaza 9 3 07:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
This seems to be a very bad idea. You do not want a wanabe country as a barnstar award... Barnstars are supposed to be no big deal and not a tool for political soapboxing. -- Cat chi? 06:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
The Adopt-a-User Barnstar | ||
Your message here |
which is
{{subst:Adopt-a-User Barnstar|Your message here}} . I tried to place it there but did not know how. If someone can do it for me, please do. Thanks. Marlith T/ C 23:07, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Since the Guitar Barnstar cod is missing and therefore is useless, should it be removed? I tried to contact the guy who made it but I dont speak hungarian. Can someone hungarian contact him or use a translator or something so that the award can be made available? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpsons fan 66 ( talk • contribs) August 09, 04:09
This template isn't substing properly! — MapsMan [ talk | cont ] — 15:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
{{{1}}} |
Well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this one! So maybe it has been fixed? Chaza 9 3 20:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
BrokenSphere Msg me 15:45, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
OK,
Chaza 9 3 20:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm...Like you said, it's all subjective, so it's what people choose to make of it. To each their own. -- BrokenSphere Msg me 20:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah thats it Chaza 9 3 08:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that there is a barnstar in the 'other awards' section that awards legal contributions. shouldnt this barnstar be in the barnstar section or in the wikiprojects section instead?-- Simpsons fan 66 00:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Isn't this new Civility barnstar added yesterday too similar to the Random Acts of Kindness barnstar? Was it actually approved? I ask because this image was already often used as a Civility barnstar and known as so.-- Hús ö nd 15:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Chaza 9 3 16:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Removed Chaza 9 3 17:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Good idea or not? El- Nin 09 21:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Template:CivilityAward Is too similar for my liking El- Nin 09 21:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I seem to kind of frown upon this one. IRC matters are always separate from Wikipedia. And, doesn't really look like a barnstar at all, rather an award of some other kind.-- Hús ö nd 01:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think that there should be a barnstar created for users who work to sort out articles and place them in as many categories as possible for the sake of convenience and to make those articles more accessible to other users. Being an encyclopedia, Wikipedia should be a neat and tidy area for users to easily search out the pages they are looking for. Categories help in that process. I believe that if a single article were placed in as many categories as possible, more users can access it, allowing more editors to reach and edit the page to a better standard. Therefore, I think Wikipedians who sort out and place articles into multiple categories should be rewarded. While I don't have an image for this proposed barnstar, I would suggest a barnstar in front of a library or sets of drawers as those are areas where one would expect the contents to be neat and organised. ( Iuio 15:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC))
WP:CAT is the Wikiproject you need El- Nin 09 14:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
for defending against outlaws.
Anyone who wonders why I never pursued art as a career, need wonder no more. I like the concept, just not the execution. Baseball Bugs 09:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
I have a question. Is there is a specific policy on people putting awards on their own userpages for having a humorous userpage for instance and for reverting vandalism. What is the guideline regarding this subject? I imagine it is considered tactless and conceited to create a false sense of reputation among other Wikipedians by rewarding yourself. -- BestEditorEver 10:08, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it's time for a change regarding the Anti-Vandal barnstar. Currently, it is named the RickK Anti-Vandal Barnstar. Now, I fully respect RickK, and yes, he was a wonderful Wikipedian, but;
Wouldn't it be better to have a barnstar simply named The Anti-Vandal(ism) Barnstar? El-Nin09 has fashioned a new design, which is just to the right here. What do we all think? Lra drama 09:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I support restoring the former name of the Anti-Vandal barnstar (effectively removing "RickK", with all due respect). I do not however support this new design, I seem to prefer the old one.-- Hús ö nd 15:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Someone recently created four barnstars for editcountitis ( Image:Bstar 500+.jpg, Image:Mer2.jpg, Image:Bstardil1.jpg and Image:Wbstarhonour.jpg), for having 500, 1000, 2500 and 5000 edits respectively. Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? Having an arbitrary number of edits is not a noteworthy accomplishment - it's the quality that counts. >Radiant< 09:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Done all nominated El- Nin 09 19:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Would an award for creating and improving vector images (or converting to SVG) be a good idea? Or is there a simalar barnstar already in existence? -- Dave the Rave (DTR) talk 18:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like to create a barnstar. I would like to do the actual creation myself, but if anyone could tell me how to create my own star, all the licences, anything I need to know beforehand. Thanks, J-stan Talk Contribs 20:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but the only graphics programme i can use is Microsoft Pictue it 2002 El- Nin 09 08:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
This may already exist, but this could be for User who have done well on space -realeted articles. Blacksmith talk 02:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Will clean up, any suggestions for improvements? Blacksmith talk 08:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Only one Problem... Colour!!! El- Nin 09 14:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC) ok will put colour in although what colour?, by the way should be easy to cleran up when i get round to it as they the shuttle and star are sparate images. Blacksmith talk 04:27, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
List:
Cleanup: Done
Color: Not done- What color are we thinking?Space ColorsSpace colors??
Background:
Doing...- so stars and stuff?Yes
Blacksmith
talk 00:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Italics by El- Nin 09 18:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry if this take i while, i am quite busy right now. Blacksmith talk 07:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Blacksmith talk 08:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/space/gfx/titlephoto_space.jpg how bout that image? Blacksmith talk 08:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I awarded this to an IP editor who was deleting, for example, large swaths of cruft tagged as unreferenced for many months, and earning warning templates for it. It was a one-of-a-kind thing made up for just that situation. I think it may be useful in other situations, however, it is both a very "niche" barnstar, and a potentially controversial one (since it makes the implication that another editor's actions were unwarranted). So I'll just turn it loose on the talk page, and if you like you can add it. Eleland 17:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that Wikipedia have a barnstar for contributors who upload photographs taken by themselves onto Wikipedia, preferably under a free license. I must admit that I am biased in this suggestion, as I have uploaded 84 pictures of my own (found in My Gallery and showcased in Stevens Institute of Technology, Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, and Jolt Cola). I would need somebody else to design the barnstar. -- Shark face 217 03:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The star itself ({{ Gstar}}) is only a part of a full barnstar-- which can be any given barnstar--, the project page is to unite barnstars given to a group of people instead of a single person working alone. This is mainly to help strengthen the community spirit, and avoid a "work alone" attitude. I'm not sure where you would classify this, it's part Wikilove, part Barnstar, so I figured I'd let a project member decide where the best place for it is -- lucid 23:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm thinking The Editor's Barnstar or The Working Man's Barnstar....-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 08:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Looking throught the above i can see that Chaza93/El-Nin09 was quite enthusiastic in this wikiproject before being forced to take a Wikibreak due to personal reasons, i think we should have a barnstar for creation in their honour, or something similar. 172.202.80.67 17:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Against i aint that good, there are much better people El- Nin 09 20:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I think we should display the ribbon equivalents of the barnstar in another column on the table, some users may prefer them El- Nin 09 13:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
OK the idea of this is to check whether users are actually involved in the project any more, this will include:
I mainly hang out over at wikibooks (with the same username), and I happened to stumble upon this project. I would be willing to help with anything *besides* graphics I.E. maintenance, etc. Erik212 05:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
(If this post just takes up space here, I'll delete it, as this seems to be a busy discussion page.)
Hello, I have a proposal for a competition which could encourage encyclopedia building, and also perhaps bring excitement, coordination and fun into the community. My Idea is called the Wikipedia Cup and is a yearly comptetion in which 32 of the best users picked by the wikipedia community contest each other in editing skills until there is only one winner. Who gains the cup template on their userpage. At each round only half of the starting amount gets through. For example. 32-16, 16-8, 8-4, 4-2, 2-1. A special set of established wikipedians announcing who goes through. This could be a great idea for wikipedia. The sunder king 17:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
More ideas on the subject. Ok now that those concerns are addressed I can start to build something proper. The sunder king 17:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
These were all my idea:
1. The Buddha Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of buddhism.
2.
The Tao Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of taoism.
3.
The Gandhi Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the life of, or ispirational writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Please post any questions or comments below, and tell me if you wish to make any of these into award templates, thank you.
Rbpolsen (
talk) 04:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I have just been flicking through randomly, and i have noted that I couldn't actually find an award for the Award Project. And I think that it would be a good idea for us to have a little competition, to design an Award for the WikiProject Awards! El- Nin 09 19:54, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I think that the whole idea of the barnstars is a little bit flawed. No disrespect for the people who have worked on the articles and earned their barnstar. But that in my opinion have slightly undermining purposes in respect to the other editors. For exemple, I'd like to present myself. I've been working on Wikipedia for 3 years and I am among the 3000 editors who have the highest number of edits. Of course quantity doesn't mean quality, but I regard myself as a progressive and capable editor. I think I have made some great contributions. I don't want to brag about it - I consider it one of my greatest achievements, but I am sure that there are people there who are contributing as much as I have and are here probably longer than I am. These people don't have a barnstar to flash around. We just do it, because of our love to Wikipedia and the community. But I don't want a barnstar. I am perfectly happy the way I am, though sometimes I feel a little bit envious about other people's barnstars. And I feel that this creates friction. It does so, because people shouldn't have a special order for their selfless and voluntary contribution to what is Wikipedia and to what Wikipedia stand for. I don't regard myself as any special than those editors, who have barnstars, and neither are they. These barnstars just undermine most of the oustanding editors, who are contributing to Wikipedia and who are doing their work without any expectation for a reward. It undermines them, showing most of the other editors as a selective clique, who have a barnstar, who deserve a barnstar, who are special. They are not. We all are not. We are part of the same project and none of us are more special than the others. They don't deserve special barnstars. I hope I made myself clear in this issue.
The following pages have been merged with Wikipedia:Barnstars:
Can we delete these subpages? Rocket000 08:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey all, was looking at The Featured Article Medal for 3 FAs (and awarded a couple to some folk who qualify) -thought it would be a good one to add to as I reckon the FAs are one of the best things about wikipedia nad have enjoyed writing them and helping others to do so. My idea was for:
All input welcome. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 03:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
How do I create my own star? And why are they called barnstars? They are not stars for childrens. And can someone please make animated cool barnstar 19:27, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please make a PlayStation barnstar with the PS2 logo on it?? 80.216.32.166 19:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok what about a pacman barnstar with a crystal pacman icon and a "PUCK-MAN" text on it. That was fun the last time I made a picture, it wasn't a barnstar though. 1() 19:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
My friend made this barnstar. He has plenty of others which are much better, but he don't want to give them to me. I think it is very good. Maybe someone know who it could be, his wp user name is a secret so he don't tell me about it. :P 1() 20:14, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
I think some of the barnstar images might need to be improved. Anyone should list them here, I don't have the skill to improve them so I figured some of the editors here might. My example is purported to start a list.
No offence, but is it me, or are people no longer really interested in this Project? F 9 T 17:35, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Please help at this discussion. Thanks! Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 19:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Seeing as there really isnt that much under this project, and the talk page is becoming less and less used, I think we should have a special talk page for proposals, and thats it. F 9 T 19:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that The Oddball Barnstar be awarded not only to users who create the said whimsical articles, but also to users who make particularly fine edits regarding them. Cheers. -- 84.90.46.116 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
I had two ideas for barnstars, but I don't have the software to create them. Would anybody support these:
Japan Barnstar - for outstanding work on atricles relating to Japan. Uzumaki Barnstar - for outstanding work on anime and manga.
If anyone will support these, please do. If you think it's a bad idea, say so. I want to know what you think. brickdude ^ _ ^ 07:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
As a young Singaporean, I have noticed that Wikipedia's coverage of the Little Red Dot is inconsistent at best, and horrendous at worst, due to systemic bias. A member of WikiProject Singapore and WikiProject Countering systemic bias, I strive to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Singapore and hence fight systemic bias.
After I Not Stupid achieved GA status, Haemo left a comment on my talk page, which inspired the idea of a Countering Systemic Bias barnstar. This barnstar should be awarded to Wikipedians who go the extra mile to fight systemic bias, whether by writing GAs on typically under-represented topics, constantly trying to save articles on places of local interest from deletion or protesting against policies which discriminate against the Chinese. If they know that their efforts to counter systemic bias are appreciated, they will be motivated to keep up the good work. When was the last time someone praised you?
I previously suggested this to WikiProject Countering systemic bias, but my proposal was archived before anyone could respond to it (I hope that doesn't happen here). Somebody told me that the page where Wikipedians propose new barnstars has been deleted and advised me to raise my idea here. Had I not failed Art, I would make the barnstar myself.
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:29, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that's right. Meet the botstar;
There's already one, I think, but not in the form of a cyborg barnstar at least. Any comments, threats, or suggestions? I'd also like to work on a coder's barnstar for awarding to the actual bot creator. Any thoughts? Thanks! Master of Puppets Care to share? 14:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I had an idea for 2 barnstars.
1) an Aeronautical barnstar for those who contribute to airspace articles 2) a school barnstar for those who defend/create articles about schools. I am one of them as I am basically the only one aside from about 1 other who defends Pinecrest High School.
Either of those interesting.
ArmoredPersonel ( talk) 19:14, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
There is the Wikiwings for aircraft related articles and 2 other awards related to constellations and astronomy. BrokenSphere Msg me 19:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I've made two awards:
The Ediacaran Barnstar | ||
{{{1}}} |
The Sullivan Barnstar | ||
The Sullivan barnstar, for Wikipedia:WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan. For Sullivan-related contributions. Also appropriate for Linley Sambourne-related contibutions, as he made the art used, though not, perhaps, likely to be used for that purpose. Created yesterday to celebrate the promotion of Thespis (opera) to FA, after a lot of work by all concerned. |
Because, sometimes, your appreciation needs a new award to really show how much you appreciate their work. Adam Cuerden talk 07:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should these be added?
Should they be listed under Wikipedia:Barnstars/Topical or Wikipedia:Barnstars/Category or Wikipedia:WikiProject awards? Sorry I'm not familiar with this organization scheme. Rocket000 ( talk) 08:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
This disruptive editor (see contributions) who hasn't been blocked yet has 4 barnstars on his page which were clearly not given to him. I'm sure this isn't the first case of this, and it could be seen as vandalism, attributing others' signed comments to a person which never awarded that user that barnstar.-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Not just the barnstars, but also the WP:MILHIST awards, i.e. the chevrons and service awards. The chevrons with oak leaves in particular is the highest award this Wikiproject can bestow, but again nothing of this person's activity indicates what has been done if anything to justify receipt of said awards. BrokenSphere Msg me 17:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I've seen a few cases now of people removing awards from other user's user pages on the grounds that they didn't qualify for them or had been awarded them improperly. Could this page please be updated to make it clear that awards may be awarded to anyone for any reason, that the guidelines on the page are only suggestions for the use of the awards, and that removing an award from another user's page just because you don't think they deserve it is incivil? Thanks. Chromaticity 19:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I've given out a few, but perhaps I haven't done enough in the right areas. The Editors' Barnstar is the barnstar you would use to compliment someone for their work on AfD, right?-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering that if we could create a newsletter for the project. The problem is that we need a bot to deliver newsletters. Is there any problem? Macy's 123 00:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
The folks over on the Reference Desks have come to a clear consensus about a barnstar to be awarded for Reference Desk contributions. I've added it to the Categories page. SteveBaker ( talk) 16:54, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know how to make a barnstar, but i think that somebody should make a 'You don't deserve a Barnstar Barnstar' ... This would be for people who don't make many constructive edits very often
And also... the 'You almost deserve a barnstar banstar' for people who have been working hard and almost deserve a barnstar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Physics&Art ( talk • contribs) 18:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
I would like to propose a new barnstar to be given out for this purpose: I, like (I am almost certain) many other users suffer from Irlen Syndrome, which, in a nutshell, is harmful with bright colours. So, to be comfortable to all users, I would like to propose a slightly darker version. Which does not cause so much strain on the eye. F 9 T 18:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Is there a barnstar for people who puts lots of effort into finding references? Ryan4314 ( talk) 01:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'm back, much to your dismay, and I've brought another terrible Inkscape creation to thee: Afd Barnstar 2.0!
Two One Six Five Five ( talk) 21:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry I missed these comments. They didn't show up on my watchlist because the talk page had a different name and although it has been on my watchlist before, I must have removed it at some point and then forgot it. On the right there's the Stormtracker94's picture after some minor blurriness has been removed from it. It's my strong preference over the no-sign picture, I think that looks a bit like "no barnstars". I think I'll remove the AFD barnstar from the General Barnstar page until we gain some consensus of the picture. I like Stormtracker94's picture, does it really matter if there is one barnstar with some letters on it? If this is opposed maybe the whole concept could be renewed a bit, there are also other deletion pages than AfD, maybe they could all be covered by the same barnstar? There's one picture option on the right below. Maybe The Barnstar of Deletion Pages? If the AFD barnstar isn't on that page there's always Wikipedia:Personal user awards. Ideas and opinions please. :) Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 08:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
I'll edit the green edited barnstar which I made some now and it's going to be a bit different. Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 18:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I am going to be doing this today, as I feel it is important we keep the project page tidy as well. All users will be notified of the blank list, and asked to add their names again if interested. // F 9 T 19:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that there appears to be no award for contributions to articles on Weaponry. Am I right? BernhardFischbein ( talk) 18:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Maybe someone could make one?? Possibly using one of the free weaponry icons at Wikimedia?
BernhardFischbein
17:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
It seems a lot of people don't give out enough barnstars. In the few years that I've edited Wikipedia (I had a previous account, left for a year, changed my email since then, forgot the passwords, etc, etc) I've only received one barnstar. A lot of people don't seem to care, hence the "Barnstar-free zone" tag.
So, here's an idea: A Barnstar of Appreciation -- for users who never forget the importance of barnstars and regularly award them to users they think deserve them.
I'm no artist, so anything I do probably wouldn't be that great. Zenwhat ( talk) 22:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Man, there are a lot of conspiracy theorists, paranoiacs and fringe fanatics who seem to believe that their pet theory will gain credibility by being on WP. We need a barnstar for those who diligently beat back this nonsense.-- Gregalton ( talk) 16:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think I've seen a Userpage barnstar, and the two Special Barnstars on The Hybrid's Userpage ware either about his userpage or somebody elses, and because I am just 11 and don't have the time ( or the knowledge, or the patience) I would like somebody to make a Wikipedia Userpage Barnstar with A Star and a The word Userpage. Please and thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 ( talk • contribs) 02:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello sorry I didn't come earlier, I couldn't find this page. Swirlex ( talk) 20:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Should we allow people to have a Barnstar "Galleries" on their user page, or should we make it so you should earn barnstars before you are allowed to display them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by F9T ( talk • contribs) 09:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
One of the reasons I have the Barnstars on my userpage is yes, because I need to find the right Barnstar to use if I'm giving an award. Also there is no page on Wikipedia that has all of the Barnstars united together. :) Swirlex ( talk) 13:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Try commons:Category:Barnstars. Unorganized but it has all of them. (Well, it should.) Rocket000 ( talk) 18:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you For the Barnstar complement Rocket000 I think I just may put the Barnstars on a project page. But that is going to be a lot of work. Swirlex ( talk) 11:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there a (mock) award for a user who accidentally breaks something? I thought there was one, and was planning to give to the guy who locked the up site for about 10 minutes. -- kenb215 talk 03:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wandering if we could delete the irc buddy barnstar because it really is not in the shape of a Barnstar. Otherwise I think we could shrink the picture of it and put it on a barnstar. Swirlex ( talk) 21:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Order of Stalin Award - for questionable information.
This is a "post-soviet" fantasy "award" issued by self-proclaimed "Supreme Soviet".
Some collectors mistakenly believe that it's a
real Soviet order.
Pyvanet ( talk) 05:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone could help us out over at WikiProject Highlander. We need a Wikiproject Award to get the guys motivated to clean up our articles, and I suck at coding. Anyone who can help? Hooper ( talk) 05:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
{{ subst:The Revolution Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Revolution Barnstar
The Revolution Barnstar is awarded to editors who propose radical and revolutionary changes in Wikipedia policy in order to help improve its quality as an encyclopedia, take adequate steps towards that end, and demonstrate an appropriate understanding of Ignore All Rules. Made for user Anonymous Dissident, for unlocking Criticism of Wikipedia and in recognition of his contributions to Dystopian and for his essay Wikipedia:A Hybrid of Political Doctrine and Encyclopedic Collaboration Designed and introduced by Zenwhat on January 21, 2008. |
Rhanyeia, I like that simpler text, but I think including something about WP:IAR is important, too. It's a combination of both proposing bold changes to policies, that are good ideas (but not edit-warring over it) and some kind of demonstration of ignoring the rules appropriately. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Rhenyeia, just for WP:IAR, then. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 09:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Ridiculous sexist imagery here. I like revolution, but this is surely the worst Barnstar design yet. Had I design skills I would submit something better for consideration. As I have not, I can only suggest - a revolving barnstar perhaps? Some less distinctly masculine 'revolutionary' representation would also work - lose the beard perhaps? Some of these Barnstars are starting to look rather like Skype icons - and that's not good. Centrepull ( talk) 13:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello all—quick question: is there a ribbon for the Copyeditor's Barnstar? I've had a look but don't seem to be able to find one... Thanks! talk Giler 16:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
It's gone from this page. Can someone please explain?-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 19:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
To be awarded to users for creating or maintaining useful redirects and/or shortcuts.
I have two ideas. First, a barnstar inside the brackets of #REDIRECT [[]], but that might be too wide. My second idea was to have a barnstar about the size of the minor barnstar above a horizontal line, which is above part of the text of "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", which is above (Redirected from Barnstar). Ya know, to mimic the corner of a page that's been redirected to. I've already made an example of my first idea. Any suggestions or thoughts? -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk | Contribs) 09:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I've created an example at User:DeadEyeArrow/barnstar. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk | Contribs) 22:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
The Radioactive Barnstar was added and placed to the category Radiation. I hope it wouldn't be, because there are so many types of radiation, and only very small part of it is radioactive. Radioactivity is associated with dangerous and often disputed things and there may be many who wouldn't want this star on the their talk page. Maybe there could be a barnstar about radiation which wouldn't talk about radioactivity. Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 15:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Can I perhaps see a picture of this "radioactive barnstar". Swirlex ( talk) 00:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
The struck through barnstar thanks editors for judicious retractions. I've entered it at WP:PUA and awarded it a couple of times, and it really looks like it achieves exactly what it's intended: to help spread goodwill and encourage calm interaction in tense situations. Submitting this for consideration as a full barnstar. Durova Charge! 03:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there any chance of reformating all the ribbons so they are the same size?? Gaia Octavia Agrippa ( talk) 13:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you think someone could make an award (not a barnstar, an other award because anyone can give out a barnstar) for the winner of The I'm Proud to be a Wikipedian Essay Contest? Signed, Nothing 444 18:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I really want a PlayStation barnstar, but I don't know how to make a good one. Someone could just draw a PS logo in GIMP or any similar program and then use some work to create a barnstar with it. It would look cool. Off! ( talk) 18:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I propose that the "Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar" be named after User:Phaedriel, similar to the RickK Anti-Vandal Barnstar or the Ed Poor Audacious Action Barnstar. She was the master of the mission of this star, to set a "pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked." I can think of no other person who equaled or equals Phaedriel in pursuing this mission. bibliomaniac 1 5 I see no changes 05:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could someone tell me if this is alright, or too controversial, as Wikipedia has problems with nationalistic/ethnic/religious/... feuds between editors?
Thanks Osama bin dipesh ( talk) 19:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
OK, action taken here: Wikipedia:Help_desk#I.27ll_get_it_deleted Osama bin dipesh ( talk) 21:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Just in case someone else noticed. Hús ö nd 22:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | ← | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | → | Archive 10 |
These were all my idea:
1. The Buddha Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of buddhism.
2.
The Tao Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of taoism.
3.
The Gandhi Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the life of, or ispirational writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Please post any questions or comments below, and tell me if you wish to make any of these into award templates, thank you.
Rbpolsen (
talk) 04:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Inspired by this edit, I decided to whip up somethin' on Inkscape as a proposal.
It shall be awarded to those whom other users appreciate for going the extra mile to do something other users would usually skip. Yes, I know the Original Barnstar can be used for this purpose, but it doesn't hurt to specialize one. Reply with Support, Neutral, or however it is Wikipedians do a poll here.
Oh, and credit Floppie for inspiration if this barnstar is passed.
Cheers RageSamurai21655 20:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Can I ask what is the difference between those two? Both contains WikiProject's barnstars and WP:PUA has some other awards. Are these 2 pages sort of overlapping? OhanaUnited 19:12, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Can someone be stripped of a barnstar? Black Harry 17:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I propose there be a barnstar for Admin Coaches. After all, they spend hours tirelessly teaching up-and-coming Wikipedians on how to be constructive and prepare them for (possible) Adminship. I believe they should have a reward for their efforts. -- S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 19:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Just FYI, don't readd the link to the award proposals page and recommend people use it. I have removed it from the barnstar page. IvoShandor 12:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
How about making one barnstar that doesn't carry any specific meaning? So that it would be possible to award someone with your own words. Rhanyeia 07:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I haven't found a better page where to enter this, so here it comes:
Rhanyeia 13:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC) :
The Special Barnstar may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason, when there is no other barnstar which would feel as appropriate.
I like it very much! Rbpolsen ( talk) 04:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone says on this page that barnstars don't have to be proposed anymore. Does that mean I can add this among the General Barnstars, now that I have a complete image and a text? Does it not have to be proposed for that? Rhanyeia 18:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
I encountered a page called Wikipedia:Service awards which seems to be a functional duplicate of this page. I've redirected it here and request all to help in merging content from there to here. -- Tony Sidaway 21:12, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I am going to ask this. When did this become inactive? It still looked active a week ago. Simply south 17:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
There is no a rough proposal (basically, a request for creation) of a biography barnstar at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Biography Barnstar award. Any interested parties (particularly those with graphical abilities) are more than welcome to comment there. John Carter 18:29, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I've just finished designing an Australian Barnstar award. The project community likes it, but there's a problem; It is in very low quality. A member of WP:AUS pointed me towards you so can a skilled graphic designer please help. Thankyou. On behalf of the Wikiproject Australia, Chicken7 04:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
It's a great idea, I think it needs more work though. Rbpolsen ( talk) 04:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
How's this? If you don't like it, I will get rid of it. Rbpolsen ( talk) 05:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'm asking you guys to make a barnstar for WikiProject PlayStation. Now look at the Video Games Barnstar ( Image:BarnstarCVG.png), All I need you to do is replace the game controller to the image: Image:Sixaxis2.jpg, and maybe change the background or something? I'm introducing this barnstar to thank people who have helped on PlayStation-related articles. If you can't make the barnstar, is there someone else you guys can recommend? Thanks. -- Effer AKS 02:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering about this design for a barnstar for Wikipedians who help with the sections about the earth Chaza93 10:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a new proposal for a barnstar, for those who show commitment to the articles on European Soccer/Football, and also one for being Helpful 2 Heritage articles (H2H) Chaza93 16:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
How about this one for good edits to Weather-related articles? Looks kinda like a hurricane
I tried to make my EU contrib's one look sort of like the EU flag Chaza93 17:33, 30 May 2007 (UTC) Here will be all of my designs for Barnstars Chaza93 19:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Here is a medal that i have made that you can just post on someones user page to commemorate their 10,000th edit, watch this space, more coming soon (Bronze, Gold, and Platinum) Chaza93 20:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Have a look at User talk:White Cat/Legend... -- Cat chi? 16:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
I want to propose a barnstar for those who contribute significantly to translating articles from other versions' wikipedia. However, there doesn't seem to be an image that represents translation in Wikipedia. I would like to ask for ideas for the design. OhanaUnited 13:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to propose this barnstar for those who contribute significantly to the coverage of legal issues on Wikipedia. -- Regicollis 05:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
How do you create a barnstar? And once you do, how do you register it on Wikipedia? Thanks in advance! Cheers!!! - Zachary crimson wolf 09:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
The Infobox Barnstar | ||
A proposed barnstar for users who improve the quality of many articles by using infoboxes. |
FenderTele Criticise 03:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Neutral Good idea, BUT the barnstar is incredibly out of focus ¢нαzα93 12:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I hope not to be taking this into a too serious view, but I have been pondering about these "barnstars" for a couple days now. User:Swirlex has given himself as many barnstars as he has come across. Now, that just doesn't seem to be in the good nature of things, right? That is, giving himself them. These are meant to be awards given to somebody by a fellow editor for doing a job well done on something - and he's done nothing of the sort (He hasn't even done any contributions on any pages for the related barnstars). I understand that there is really no policy regarding this, but I don't quite like what Swirlex has done, and don't think anybody should do it. If you agree, please do state so, and attempt to tell Swirlex this. He refuses to listen to a thing I say - just check some of his contributions. I've reverted most of them because they are counterproductive, and yet he persists on reverting my reverts. But that's a different matter. ElectricTurahk 00:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
If it helps, Swirlex has only given out one barnstar; to User:Marvelzombies. -- -- Gravitan 22:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
No, seriously, somebody made a barnstar to reward wheel warring, one of the most disruptive things an admin can do on the wiki. Does this strike anyone else as a Really Bad Idea? The star in question is Image:WWDBarnstar.svg, which I've listed on WP:IFD. Comments welcome. >Radiant< 10:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it's meant to be a dubious honor. 24.205.34.217 22:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello all. I've made up an award to give to editors who have accomplished a goal, passed a milestone, or done anything else that deserves a glass raised in salute. I wanted to see what you all thought of it before just posting it. Thanks! — Elipongo ( Talk contribs) 22:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
{{User:Elipongo/Userboxes/Wikitoast}} |
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This is an image that should not be used. The character displayed on this "toast" is the Yellow Kid an infimous cartoon comic strip character used during the American yellow journalism days of 19th century. The character is a racial stereotype that is in part poking fun at immigrants. Especially Asians and Asian Americans which is evident from his yellow appearence and large buck teeth. The character is portrayed as slow-witted and dull. Creating some sore of award using his likeness is simply in bad form. CaptainDude 17:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's a
toast to the
host Of those who edit wiki near and far, To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par". We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose, And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows. A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians! |
Or
Here's a
toast to the
host Of those who edit wiki near and far, To a friend we send a message, "keep the data up to par". We drink to those who wrote a lot of prose, And then they whacked a vandal several dozen blows. A toast to the host of those who boast, the Wikipedians! |
I'm one of the users who received the barnstar from Loveandkindness, even though my contributions amount to a mere 20 (excluding talk pages, my user page, special pages and the such). Skimming through the article, I sort of understood this is legit, but I don't really think I have contributed so much (yet). References: [1] [2]. -- badpazzword 12:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Any objections if I sort them into alphabetical order by WikiProject, so it's easier to find the one you're after? Bencherlite 09:19, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
I've created a new type of Barnstar. I know that the picture looks like crap, but I think it would be a good way to tell people thank you after they do something nice. If nobody likes it, I can take it down if somebody tells me about it. WikiTaco 22:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
There's already an image designed to tell people "thank you", it's called the wikithanks (the yellow flower to my left, it's at Wikipedia:Personal user awards). It seems to me that's enough; giving an award when all you want to say is "thank you" seems a bit too much. I don't want to impose though so if you still believe it's a good idea feel free to develop it. Rosa 20:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Dear clever and creative Wikipedians - Wikipedia:WikiProject Cambodia needs your help. We'd like to have a project barnstar (actually two) to give to those misguided editors that provide significant contributions to articles about Cambodia on En WP.
The only problem is - I have no graphic skills and every template I edit goes funny (and must be reverted). The combination of skills required to create a stunning image AND make it successfully appear inside a template is to me like reading and writing Sanskrit - it's a skill I'd love to possess and it won't happen in this lifetime.
Therefore, I'd like to ask for your help. We'd like two slightly different barnstars - one for significant contributions and one for outstanding contributions (perhaps just the first star in gold or something). Are there any kindly graphic and template wizards around who could help out? I could give you... ... um a barnstar? Cheers, Paxse 05:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Try using this medal sort of thing, i used cambodia as the medal, each level, if this one is approoved, will have extra gold "bands"
Thanks you both very much - sorry I've been busy - now what the hell do I do? Six different barnstars perhaps? Paxse 14:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I think this Wikiproject deserves its own barnstar. I mainly work in the Uncat section. That project section itself is very hard considering there are still 10k uncategorized articles out there... Anyways my idea for the design is something like this:
I think this is a good image since I imagine uncategorized articles as paper spread all over the floor and its our job to sort them out in a filing cabinet.
I'm sorry if I can't help with the graphics. If you don't mind can you notify me in my talk page about the development? Thanks.-- Lenticel ( talk) 14:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
OMG! Template:The Working Man's Barnstar has a gender parameter. A Wikipedia registration doesn't require any gender identification, neither do our signatures, userpages or edits. Why and how do we plan to make that piece of gender insensitivity useful? Why not make it just the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar, and settle for it. How does being Working Woman any diffrent from being a Working Man? What a load of bull (sorry about my language language)! Cheers. Aditya( talk • contribs) 14:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the "running man" stick figure on the Template:The Running Man Barnstar, at first glance it resembles a swastika. Can that be changed? Has anyone else thought this or is it just me?-- 70.246.136.60 19:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Based on Image:AFC-Barnstar-2.png. You can use this as a template for new barnstars. Credit: Hersfold for the AFC-Barnstar-2 design. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 18:13, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Awards
Can I just say that, although I really like RickK and I admire what he did for Wikipedia, I do feel that this barnstar is getting out-of-date. RickK hastn't been the best of anti-vandal fighters, and there are others who have reverted much more vandalism that would be better suited to having their name on this barnstar. For a start, Wimt and CambridgeBayWeather are two of many Wikipedians who have reverted much more vandalism than RickK. Isn't it time for a change? Lra drama 18:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Well i have done one - However the name in the centre is changeable :) Chaza 93 review 19:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
OK so here is another one, i cant get a more focused Barnstar - so how does this look Chaza 9 3 19:10, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see a new barnstar however posess inadequate graphics skill to design it. I would also like community input on this star. I would like to see, along the lines of the Rickk anti vandalism star, a Phaedriel Bomb Diffusal star, for editors who regularly handle the most explosive situations and always manage to find the most delicate way to handle them leaving everybody for the better? Any feedback? -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I brought this up to two relevant wikiprojects as well, but I thought I would add it here to generate the largest amount of feedback. Below is the Coaster Star, for contributions to amusement park, theme park and roller coaster related articles:
The Coaster Star | ||
{{{1}}} |
Free free to add any thoughts, changes or suggestions.
IronGargoyle 18:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Is there a Barnstar that can be awarded to someone for having patients with and helping newbies to wikipedia? I'm new here and have recieved quite a bit of help and patience from some excellent editors Elhector 00:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:Bronzewiki 2.png|thumb|Reason ~~~~]]
Chaza 9 3 07:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
This seems to be a very bad idea. You do not want a wanabe country as a barnstar award... Barnstars are supposed to be no big deal and not a tool for political soapboxing. -- Cat chi? 06:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
The Adopt-a-User Barnstar | ||
Your message here |
which is
{{subst:Adopt-a-User Barnstar|Your message here}} . I tried to place it there but did not know how. If someone can do it for me, please do. Thanks. Marlith T/ C 23:07, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Since the Guitar Barnstar cod is missing and therefore is useless, should it be removed? I tried to contact the guy who made it but I dont speak hungarian. Can someone hungarian contact him or use a translator or something so that the award can be made available? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpsons fan 66 ( talk • contribs) August 09, 04:09
This template isn't substing properly! — MapsMan [ talk | cont ] — 15:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
{{{1}}} |
Well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this one! So maybe it has been fixed? Chaza 9 3 20:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
BrokenSphere Msg me 15:45, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
OK,
Chaza 9 3 20:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm...Like you said, it's all subjective, so it's what people choose to make of it. To each their own. -- BrokenSphere Msg me 20:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah thats it Chaza 9 3 08:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that there is a barnstar in the 'other awards' section that awards legal contributions. shouldnt this barnstar be in the barnstar section or in the wikiprojects section instead?-- Simpsons fan 66 00:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Isn't this new Civility barnstar added yesterday too similar to the Random Acts of Kindness barnstar? Was it actually approved? I ask because this image was already often used as a Civility barnstar and known as so.-- Hús ö nd 15:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Chaza 9 3 16:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Removed Chaza 9 3 17:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Good idea or not? El- Nin 09 21:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Template:CivilityAward Is too similar for my liking El- Nin 09 21:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I seem to kind of frown upon this one. IRC matters are always separate from Wikipedia. And, doesn't really look like a barnstar at all, rather an award of some other kind.-- Hús ö nd 01:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think that there should be a barnstar created for users who work to sort out articles and place them in as many categories as possible for the sake of convenience and to make those articles more accessible to other users. Being an encyclopedia, Wikipedia should be a neat and tidy area for users to easily search out the pages they are looking for. Categories help in that process. I believe that if a single article were placed in as many categories as possible, more users can access it, allowing more editors to reach and edit the page to a better standard. Therefore, I think Wikipedians who sort out and place articles into multiple categories should be rewarded. While I don't have an image for this proposed barnstar, I would suggest a barnstar in front of a library or sets of drawers as those are areas where one would expect the contents to be neat and organised. ( Iuio 15:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC))
WP:CAT is the Wikiproject you need El- Nin 09 14:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
for defending against outlaws.
Anyone who wonders why I never pursued art as a career, need wonder no more. I like the concept, just not the execution. Baseball Bugs 09:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
I have a question. Is there is a specific policy on people putting awards on their own userpages for having a humorous userpage for instance and for reverting vandalism. What is the guideline regarding this subject? I imagine it is considered tactless and conceited to create a false sense of reputation among other Wikipedians by rewarding yourself. -- BestEditorEver 10:08, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it's time for a change regarding the Anti-Vandal barnstar. Currently, it is named the RickK Anti-Vandal Barnstar. Now, I fully respect RickK, and yes, he was a wonderful Wikipedian, but;
Wouldn't it be better to have a barnstar simply named The Anti-Vandal(ism) Barnstar? El-Nin09 has fashioned a new design, which is just to the right here. What do we all think? Lra drama 09:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I support restoring the former name of the Anti-Vandal barnstar (effectively removing "RickK", with all due respect). I do not however support this new design, I seem to prefer the old one.-- Hús ö nd 15:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Someone recently created four barnstars for editcountitis ( Image:Bstar 500+.jpg, Image:Mer2.jpg, Image:Bstardil1.jpg and Image:Wbstarhonour.jpg), for having 500, 1000, 2500 and 5000 edits respectively. Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? Having an arbitrary number of edits is not a noteworthy accomplishment - it's the quality that counts. >Radiant< 09:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Done all nominated El- Nin 09 19:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Would an award for creating and improving vector images (or converting to SVG) be a good idea? Or is there a simalar barnstar already in existence? -- Dave the Rave (DTR) talk 18:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
I would like to create a barnstar. I would like to do the actual creation myself, but if anyone could tell me how to create my own star, all the licences, anything I need to know beforehand. Thanks, J-stan Talk Contribs 20:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but the only graphics programme i can use is Microsoft Pictue it 2002 El- Nin 09 08:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
This may already exist, but this could be for User who have done well on space -realeted articles. Blacksmith talk 02:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Will clean up, any suggestions for improvements? Blacksmith talk 08:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Only one Problem... Colour!!! El- Nin 09 14:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC) ok will put colour in although what colour?, by the way should be easy to cleran up when i get round to it as they the shuttle and star are sparate images. Blacksmith talk 04:27, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
List:
Cleanup: Done
Color: Not done- What color are we thinking?Space ColorsSpace colors??
Background:
Doing...- so stars and stuff?Yes
Blacksmith
talk 00:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Italics by El- Nin 09 18:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry if this take i while, i am quite busy right now. Blacksmith talk 07:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Blacksmith talk 08:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/space/gfx/titlephoto_space.jpg how bout that image? Blacksmith talk 08:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I awarded this to an IP editor who was deleting, for example, large swaths of cruft tagged as unreferenced for many months, and earning warning templates for it. It was a one-of-a-kind thing made up for just that situation. I think it may be useful in other situations, however, it is both a very "niche" barnstar, and a potentially controversial one (since it makes the implication that another editor's actions were unwarranted). So I'll just turn it loose on the talk page, and if you like you can add it. Eleland 17:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that Wikipedia have a barnstar for contributors who upload photographs taken by themselves onto Wikipedia, preferably under a free license. I must admit that I am biased in this suggestion, as I have uploaded 84 pictures of my own (found in My Gallery and showcased in Stevens Institute of Technology, Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine, and Jolt Cola). I would need somebody else to design the barnstar. -- Shark face 217 03:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The star itself ({{ Gstar}}) is only a part of a full barnstar-- which can be any given barnstar--, the project page is to unite barnstars given to a group of people instead of a single person working alone. This is mainly to help strengthen the community spirit, and avoid a "work alone" attitude. I'm not sure where you would classify this, it's part Wikilove, part Barnstar, so I figured I'd let a project member decide where the best place for it is -- lucid 23:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm thinking The Editor's Barnstar or The Working Man's Barnstar....-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 08:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Looking throught the above i can see that Chaza93/El-Nin09 was quite enthusiastic in this wikiproject before being forced to take a Wikibreak due to personal reasons, i think we should have a barnstar for creation in their honour, or something similar. 172.202.80.67 17:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Against i aint that good, there are much better people El- Nin 09 20:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I think we should display the ribbon equivalents of the barnstar in another column on the table, some users may prefer them El- Nin 09 13:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
OK the idea of this is to check whether users are actually involved in the project any more, this will include:
I mainly hang out over at wikibooks (with the same username), and I happened to stumble upon this project. I would be willing to help with anything *besides* graphics I.E. maintenance, etc. Erik212 05:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
(If this post just takes up space here, I'll delete it, as this seems to be a busy discussion page.)
Hello, I have a proposal for a competition which could encourage encyclopedia building, and also perhaps bring excitement, coordination and fun into the community. My Idea is called the Wikipedia Cup and is a yearly comptetion in which 32 of the best users picked by the wikipedia community contest each other in editing skills until there is only one winner. Who gains the cup template on their userpage. At each round only half of the starting amount gets through. For example. 32-16, 16-8, 8-4, 4-2, 2-1. A special set of established wikipedians announcing who goes through. This could be a great idea for wikipedia. The sunder king 17:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
More ideas on the subject. Ok now that those concerns are addressed I can start to build something proper. The sunder king 17:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
These were all my idea:
1. The Buddha Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of buddhism.
2.
The Tao Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the eastern religon of taoism.
3.
The Gandhi Barnstar: For spreading or posting helpful information about the life of, or ispirational writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
Please post any questions or comments below, and tell me if you wish to make any of these into award templates, thank you.
Rbpolsen (
talk) 04:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I have just been flicking through randomly, and i have noted that I couldn't actually find an award for the Award Project. And I think that it would be a good idea for us to have a little competition, to design an Award for the WikiProject Awards! El- Nin 09 19:54, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I think that the whole idea of the barnstars is a little bit flawed. No disrespect for the people who have worked on the articles and earned their barnstar. But that in my opinion have slightly undermining purposes in respect to the other editors. For exemple, I'd like to present myself. I've been working on Wikipedia for 3 years and I am among the 3000 editors who have the highest number of edits. Of course quantity doesn't mean quality, but I regard myself as a progressive and capable editor. I think I have made some great contributions. I don't want to brag about it - I consider it one of my greatest achievements, but I am sure that there are people there who are contributing as much as I have and are here probably longer than I am. These people don't have a barnstar to flash around. We just do it, because of our love to Wikipedia and the community. But I don't want a barnstar. I am perfectly happy the way I am, though sometimes I feel a little bit envious about other people's barnstars. And I feel that this creates friction. It does so, because people shouldn't have a special order for their selfless and voluntary contribution to what is Wikipedia and to what Wikipedia stand for. I don't regard myself as any special than those editors, who have barnstars, and neither are they. These barnstars just undermine most of the oustanding editors, who are contributing to Wikipedia and who are doing their work without any expectation for a reward. It undermines them, showing most of the other editors as a selective clique, who have a barnstar, who deserve a barnstar, who are special. They are not. We all are not. We are part of the same project and none of us are more special than the others. They don't deserve special barnstars. I hope I made myself clear in this issue.
The following pages have been merged with Wikipedia:Barnstars:
Can we delete these subpages? Rocket000 08:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Hey all, was looking at The Featured Article Medal for 3 FAs (and awarded a couple to some folk who qualify) -thought it would be a good one to add to as I reckon the FAs are one of the best things about wikipedia nad have enjoyed writing them and helping others to do so. My idea was for:
All input welcome. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 03:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
How do I create my own star? And why are they called barnstars? They are not stars for childrens. And can someone please make animated cool barnstar 19:27, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please make a PlayStation barnstar with the PS2 logo on it?? 80.216.32.166 19:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Ok what about a pacman barnstar with a crystal pacman icon and a "PUCK-MAN" text on it. That was fun the last time I made a picture, it wasn't a barnstar though. 1() 19:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
My friend made this barnstar. He has plenty of others which are much better, but he don't want to give them to me. I think it is very good. Maybe someone know who it could be, his wp user name is a secret so he don't tell me about it. :P 1() 20:14, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
I think some of the barnstar images might need to be improved. Anyone should list them here, I don't have the skill to improve them so I figured some of the editors here might. My example is purported to start a list.
No offence, but is it me, or are people no longer really interested in this Project? F 9 T 17:35, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Please help at this discussion. Thanks! Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 19:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Seeing as there really isnt that much under this project, and the talk page is becoming less and less used, I think we should have a special talk page for proposals, and thats it. F 9 T 19:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that The Oddball Barnstar be awarded not only to users who create the said whimsical articles, but also to users who make particularly fine edits regarding them. Cheers. -- 84.90.46.116 21:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
I had two ideas for barnstars, but I don't have the software to create them. Would anybody support these:
Japan Barnstar - for outstanding work on atricles relating to Japan. Uzumaki Barnstar - for outstanding work on anime and manga.
If anyone will support these, please do. If you think it's a bad idea, say so. I want to know what you think. brickdude ^ _ ^ 07:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
As a young Singaporean, I have noticed that Wikipedia's coverage of the Little Red Dot is inconsistent at best, and horrendous at worst, due to systemic bias. A member of WikiProject Singapore and WikiProject Countering systemic bias, I strive to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Singapore and hence fight systemic bias.
After I Not Stupid achieved GA status, Haemo left a comment on my talk page, which inspired the idea of a Countering Systemic Bias barnstar. This barnstar should be awarded to Wikipedians who go the extra mile to fight systemic bias, whether by writing GAs on typically under-represented topics, constantly trying to save articles on places of local interest from deletion or protesting against policies which discriminate against the Chinese. If they know that their efforts to counter systemic bias are appreciated, they will be motivated to keep up the good work. When was the last time someone praised you?
I previously suggested this to WikiProject Countering systemic bias, but my proposal was archived before anyone could respond to it (I hope that doesn't happen here). Somebody told me that the page where Wikipedians propose new barnstars has been deleted and advised me to raise my idea here. Had I not failed Art, I would make the barnstar myself.
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:29, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that's right. Meet the botstar;
There's already one, I think, but not in the form of a cyborg barnstar at least. Any comments, threats, or suggestions? I'd also like to work on a coder's barnstar for awarding to the actual bot creator. Any thoughts? Thanks! Master of Puppets Care to share? 14:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I had an idea for 2 barnstars.
1) an Aeronautical barnstar for those who contribute to airspace articles 2) a school barnstar for those who defend/create articles about schools. I am one of them as I am basically the only one aside from about 1 other who defends Pinecrest High School.
Either of those interesting.
ArmoredPersonel ( talk) 19:14, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
There is the Wikiwings for aircraft related articles and 2 other awards related to constellations and astronomy. BrokenSphere Msg me 19:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I've made two awards:
The Ediacaran Barnstar | ||
{{{1}}} |
The Sullivan Barnstar | ||
The Sullivan barnstar, for Wikipedia:WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan. For Sullivan-related contributions. Also appropriate for Linley Sambourne-related contibutions, as he made the art used, though not, perhaps, likely to be used for that purpose. Created yesterday to celebrate the promotion of Thespis (opera) to FA, after a lot of work by all concerned. |
Because, sometimes, your appreciation needs a new award to really show how much you appreciate their work. Adam Cuerden talk 07:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Where should these be added?
Should they be listed under Wikipedia:Barnstars/Topical or Wikipedia:Barnstars/Category or Wikipedia:WikiProject awards? Sorry I'm not familiar with this organization scheme. Rocket000 ( talk) 08:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
This disruptive editor (see contributions) who hasn't been blocked yet has 4 barnstars on his page which were clearly not given to him. I'm sure this isn't the first case of this, and it could be seen as vandalism, attributing others' signed comments to a person which never awarded that user that barnstar.-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Not just the barnstars, but also the WP:MILHIST awards, i.e. the chevrons and service awards. The chevrons with oak leaves in particular is the highest award this Wikiproject can bestow, but again nothing of this person's activity indicates what has been done if anything to justify receipt of said awards. BrokenSphere Msg me 17:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I've seen a few cases now of people removing awards from other user's user pages on the grounds that they didn't qualify for them or had been awarded them improperly. Could this page please be updated to make it clear that awards may be awarded to anyone for any reason, that the guidelines on the page are only suggestions for the use of the awards, and that removing an award from another user's page just because you don't think they deserve it is incivil? Thanks. Chromaticity 19:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I've given out a few, but perhaps I haven't done enough in the right areas. The Editors' Barnstar is the barnstar you would use to compliment someone for their work on AfD, right?-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering that if we could create a newsletter for the project. The problem is that we need a bot to deliver newsletters. Is there any problem? Macy's 123 00:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
The folks over on the Reference Desks have come to a clear consensus about a barnstar to be awarded for Reference Desk contributions. I've added it to the Categories page. SteveBaker ( talk) 16:54, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't know how to make a barnstar, but i think that somebody should make a 'You don't deserve a Barnstar Barnstar' ... This would be for people who don't make many constructive edits very often
And also... the 'You almost deserve a barnstar banstar' for people who have been working hard and almost deserve a barnstar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Physics&Art ( talk • contribs) 18:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
I would like to propose a new barnstar to be given out for this purpose: I, like (I am almost certain) many other users suffer from Irlen Syndrome, which, in a nutshell, is harmful with bright colours. So, to be comfortable to all users, I would like to propose a slightly darker version. Which does not cause so much strain on the eye. F 9 T 18:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Is there a barnstar for people who puts lots of effort into finding references? Ryan4314 ( talk) 01:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'm back, much to your dismay, and I've brought another terrible Inkscape creation to thee: Afd Barnstar 2.0!
Two One Six Five Five ( talk) 21:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry I missed these comments. They didn't show up on my watchlist because the talk page had a different name and although it has been on my watchlist before, I must have removed it at some point and then forgot it. On the right there's the Stormtracker94's picture after some minor blurriness has been removed from it. It's my strong preference over the no-sign picture, I think that looks a bit like "no barnstars". I think I'll remove the AFD barnstar from the General Barnstar page until we gain some consensus of the picture. I like Stormtracker94's picture, does it really matter if there is one barnstar with some letters on it? If this is opposed maybe the whole concept could be renewed a bit, there are also other deletion pages than AfD, maybe they could all be covered by the same barnstar? There's one picture option on the right below. Maybe The Barnstar of Deletion Pages? If the AFD barnstar isn't on that page there's always Wikipedia:Personal user awards. Ideas and opinions please. :) Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 08:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
I'll edit the green edited barnstar which I made some now and it's going to be a bit different. Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 18:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I am going to be doing this today, as I feel it is important we keep the project page tidy as well. All users will be notified of the blank list, and asked to add their names again if interested. // F 9 T 19:32, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that there appears to be no award for contributions to articles on Weaponry. Am I right? BernhardFischbein ( talk) 18:04, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Maybe someone could make one?? Possibly using one of the free weaponry icons at Wikimedia?
BernhardFischbein
17:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
It seems a lot of people don't give out enough barnstars. In the few years that I've edited Wikipedia (I had a previous account, left for a year, changed my email since then, forgot the passwords, etc, etc) I've only received one barnstar. A lot of people don't seem to care, hence the "Barnstar-free zone" tag.
So, here's an idea: A Barnstar of Appreciation -- for users who never forget the importance of barnstars and regularly award them to users they think deserve them.
I'm no artist, so anything I do probably wouldn't be that great. Zenwhat ( talk) 22:40, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Man, there are a lot of conspiracy theorists, paranoiacs and fringe fanatics who seem to believe that their pet theory will gain credibility by being on WP. We need a barnstar for those who diligently beat back this nonsense.-- Gregalton ( talk) 16:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think I've seen a Userpage barnstar, and the two Special Barnstars on The Hybrid's Userpage ware either about his userpage or somebody elses, and because I am just 11 and don't have the time ( or the knowledge, or the patience) I would like somebody to make a Wikipedia Userpage Barnstar with A Star and a The word Userpage. Please and thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 ( talk • contribs) 02:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello sorry I didn't come earlier, I couldn't find this page. Swirlex ( talk) 20:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Should we allow people to have a Barnstar "Galleries" on their user page, or should we make it so you should earn barnstars before you are allowed to display them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by F9T ( talk • contribs) 09:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
One of the reasons I have the Barnstars on my userpage is yes, because I need to find the right Barnstar to use if I'm giving an award. Also there is no page on Wikipedia that has all of the Barnstars united together. :) Swirlex ( talk) 13:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Try commons:Category:Barnstars. Unorganized but it has all of them. (Well, it should.) Rocket000 ( talk) 18:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you For the Barnstar complement Rocket000 I think I just may put the Barnstars on a project page. But that is going to be a lot of work. Swirlex ( talk) 11:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Is there a (mock) award for a user who accidentally breaks something? I thought there was one, and was planning to give to the guy who locked the up site for about 10 minutes. -- kenb215 talk 03:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wandering if we could delete the irc buddy barnstar because it really is not in the shape of a Barnstar. Otherwise I think we could shrink the picture of it and put it on a barnstar. Swirlex ( talk) 21:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Order of Stalin Award - for questionable information.
This is a "post-soviet" fantasy "award" issued by self-proclaimed "Supreme Soviet".
Some collectors mistakenly believe that it's a
real Soviet order.
Pyvanet ( talk) 05:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone could help us out over at WikiProject Highlander. We need a Wikiproject Award to get the guys motivated to clean up our articles, and I suck at coding. Anyone who can help? Hooper ( talk) 05:22, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
{{ subst:The Revolution Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Revolution Barnstar
The Revolution Barnstar is awarded to editors who propose radical and revolutionary changes in Wikipedia policy in order to help improve its quality as an encyclopedia, take adequate steps towards that end, and demonstrate an appropriate understanding of Ignore All Rules. Made for user Anonymous Dissident, for unlocking Criticism of Wikipedia and in recognition of his contributions to Dystopian and for his essay Wikipedia:A Hybrid of Political Doctrine and Encyclopedic Collaboration Designed and introduced by Zenwhat on January 21, 2008. |
Rhanyeia, I like that simpler text, but I think including something about WP:IAR is important, too. It's a combination of both proposing bold changes to policies, that are good ideas (but not edit-warring over it) and some kind of demonstration of ignoring the rules appropriately. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 00:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Rhenyeia, just for WP:IAR, then. ☯ Zenwhat ( talk) 09:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Ridiculous sexist imagery here. I like revolution, but this is surely the worst Barnstar design yet. Had I design skills I would submit something better for consideration. As I have not, I can only suggest - a revolving barnstar perhaps? Some less distinctly masculine 'revolutionary' representation would also work - lose the beard perhaps? Some of these Barnstars are starting to look rather like Skype icons - and that's not good. Centrepull ( talk) 13:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello all—quick question: is there a ribbon for the Copyeditor's Barnstar? I've had a look but don't seem to be able to find one... Thanks! talk Giler 16:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
It's gone from this page. Can someone please explain?-- h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 19:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
To be awarded to users for creating or maintaining useful redirects and/or shortcuts.
I have two ideas. First, a barnstar inside the brackets of #REDIRECT [[]], but that might be too wide. My second idea was to have a barnstar about the size of the minor barnstar above a horizontal line, which is above part of the text of "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", which is above (Redirected from Barnstar). Ya know, to mimic the corner of a page that's been redirected to. I've already made an example of my first idea. Any suggestions or thoughts? -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk | Contribs) 09:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I've created an example at User:DeadEyeArrow/barnstar. -- ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk | Contribs) 22:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
The Radioactive Barnstar was added and placed to the category Radiation. I hope it wouldn't be, because there are so many types of radiation, and only very small part of it is radioactive. Radioactivity is associated with dangerous and often disputed things and there may be many who wouldn't want this star on the their talk page. Maybe there could be a barnstar about radiation which wouldn't talk about radioactivity. Best regards Rhanyeia ♥ ♫ 15:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Can I perhaps see a picture of this "radioactive barnstar". Swirlex ( talk) 00:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
The struck through barnstar thanks editors for judicious retractions. I've entered it at WP:PUA and awarded it a couple of times, and it really looks like it achieves exactly what it's intended: to help spread goodwill and encourage calm interaction in tense situations. Submitting this for consideration as a full barnstar. Durova Charge! 03:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there any chance of reformating all the ribbons so they are the same size?? Gaia Octavia Agrippa ( talk) 13:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you think someone could make an award (not a barnstar, an other award because anyone can give out a barnstar) for the winner of The I'm Proud to be a Wikipedian Essay Contest? Signed, Nothing 444 18:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I really want a PlayStation barnstar, but I don't know how to make a good one. Someone could just draw a PS logo in GIMP or any similar program and then use some work to create a barnstar with it. It would look cool. Off! ( talk) 18:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I propose that the "Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar" be named after User:Phaedriel, similar to the RickK Anti-Vandal Barnstar or the Ed Poor Audacious Action Barnstar. She was the master of the mission of this star, to set a "pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without being asked." I can think of no other person who equaled or equals Phaedriel in pursuing this mission. bibliomaniac 1 5 I see no changes 05:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could someone tell me if this is alright, or too controversial, as Wikipedia has problems with nationalistic/ethnic/religious/... feuds between editors?
Thanks Osama bin dipesh ( talk) 19:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
OK, action taken here: Wikipedia:Help_desk#I.27ll_get_it_deleted Osama bin dipesh ( talk) 21:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Just in case someone else noticed. Hús ö nd 22:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)